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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City